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<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en">
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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>lwres_herror, lwres_hstrerror — lightweight resolver error message generation</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<pre class="funcsynopsisinfo">#include <lwres/netdb.h></pre>
<p><code class="funcdef">
void
<b class="fsfunc">lwres_herror</b>(</code>const char *s<code>)</code>;</p>
<p><code class="funcdef">
const char *
<b class="fsfunc">lwres_hstrerror</b>(</code>int err<code>)</code>;</p>
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<a name="id2549424"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>
<code class="function">lwres_herror()</code> prints the string
<em class="parameter"><code>s</code></em> on <span class="type">stderr</span> followed by the string
generated by <code class="function">lwres_hstrerror()</code> for the error code
stored in the global variable <code class="constant">lwres_h_errno</code>.
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<p>
<code class="function">lwres_hstrerror()</code> returns an appropriate string
for the error code gievn by <em class="parameter"><code>err</code></em>. The values of
the error codes and messages are as follows:
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<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">NETDB_SUCCESS</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
<span class="errorname">Resolver Error 0 (no error)</span>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">HOST_NOT_FOUND</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
<span class="errorname">Unknown host</span>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">TRY_AGAIN</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
<span class="errorname">Host name lookup failure</span>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">NO_RECOVERY</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
<span class="errorname">Unknown server error</span>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">NO_DATA</span></span></dt>
<dd><p>
<span class="errorname">No address associated with name</span>
</p></dd>
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<a name="id2549536"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
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The string <span class="errorname">Unknown resolver error</span> is returned by
<code class="function">lwres_hstrerror()</code>
when the value of
<code class="constant">lwres_h_errno</code>
is not a valid error code.
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<a name="id2549555"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p>
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">herror</span>(3)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lwres_hstrerror</span>(3)</span>.
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